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Jack Luzzatto
Jack Luzzatto

New York Times, Tuesday, June 12, 1956

23-Across : Dig for.

Author:
Jack Luzzatto
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 68, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.71, Missing: { F J K Q W Z }, Scrabble score: 268 (avg 1.38)
Open Squares: 90, Cheaters: 6, FITB: 4, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 15, Grid flow: 47.4
Jack Luzzatto has 293 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
David Steinberg notes:

Original 7-Across clue had no comma; added it.

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R
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L
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D
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© 1956, The New York TimesNo. 2,541
Across
1
Outcome. : RESULT
7
Louis St. ___, P. M. of Canada. : LAURENT
14
Poetess Wylie. : ELINOR
15
Supreme power. : IMPERIUM
17
An untamed shrew : VIRAGO
18
P. M. of Eire. : COSTELLO
19
Tin Woodman's tool. : AXE
20
High-flown romance by John Lyly, 1579. : EUPHUES
22
Farmhouse addition. : ELL
23
Dig for. : MINE
25
Smoothly mixed. : BLENT
26
Snaffle. : BIT
27
Rife. : PREVALENT
29
Device in a pipe to regulate flow. : VALVE
31
Cover name. : ALIAS
32
Took to court again. : RESUED
33
Moment. : SECOND
35
Spice. : GINGER
36
Released from jail: Slang. : SPRUNG
37
Ars ___, vita brevis. : LONGA
38
Smooth soup. : PUREE
39
Full of hazard. : DANGEROUS
43
Man's name. : IRA
44
Staffs symbolizing authority. : MACES
45
Hungarian name for the Danube. : DUNA
46
Author Yutang. : LIN
47
Trick or prank: Scot. : CANTRIP
49
Metal. : TIN
50
A gay deceiver. : LOTHARIO
52
Bestow. : DONATE
54
Guarantees. : SURETIES
55
Eulogistic memoirs. : ELOGES
56
Contraction of the heart. : SYSTOLE
57
Eisenhower aide Montgomery. : ROBERT
Down
1
Recast and fix up. : REVAMP
2
Type of medicine. : ELIXIR
3
Screaming whistle: Var. : SIRENE
4
Actress Merkel. : UNA
5
Theatre box. : LOGE
6
Bothersome. : TROUBLING
7
Plants for rock gardens. : LICHENS
8
Number of. : AMOUNT
9
Unexpected victory. : UPSET
10
Soaks, as flax. : RETS
11
Before. : ERE
12
Color. : NILEBLUE
13
Maggie ___, heroine of "The Mill on the Floss." : TULLIVER
16
Shed. : MOLTED
21
Beg. : PLEAD
24
One removed from danger area. : EVACUE
28
Single-handedly. : ALONE
29
Take retaliation: Archaic. : VENGE
30
Home of Norse gods and heroes. : ASGARD
32
Fight fan close up. : RINGSIDER
33
False. : SPURIOUS
34
Business of a knight of old. : ERRANTRY
35
Thing beyond help: Colloq. : GONER
36
Dumps out. : SPILLS
37
Milk sugar. : LACTOSE
39
Margaret Truman's new name. : DANIEL
40
Accidental suspension of operation. : OUTAGE
41
Federator. : UNITER
42
Most rational. : SANEST
44
Singer Lanza. : MARIO
47
Suffragist Carrie. : CATT
48
Game played in chukkers. : POLO
51
"For ___ going to marry Yum-Yum ... " : HES
53
A dandy. : NOB

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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